Gentlemen's fashion plate from the Edwardian Era

 

Boy watching TV for the first time in an appliance store window, 1948.

The Hollywood Hotel, July 1956, a famous haunt of silent film stars

United States Senate Pages having a snowball fight in front of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. Jan 2 1925

This is the earliest photo of the Alamo, taken about a decade after the battle.

Street scene in New Baltimore, New York, in 1941.

Police stopped New York City traffic for a cat and her kitten in 1925.

W. Eugene Smith, First Day of Spring, New York City, circa 1957.

The Wawona Tree

The Wawona Tree, also known as the Wawona Tunnel Tree, was a famous giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, until 1969. It had a height of 227 feet (69 m) and was 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter at the base.

The Wawona Tree fell in 1969 under a heavy load of snow on its crown. The giant sequoia is estimated to have been 2,300 years old. When the giant tree fell, there was much debate over what to do with it. It has remained where it fell primarily for ecological reasons, but still serves as a popular tourist destination. Because of their size, giant sequoias can create vast new ecosystems when they fall, providing habitat for insects and animals and allowing new plant growth. It is now known as the Fallen Tunnel Tree.

Photo ca. 1925.

Christmas lights in downtown Los Angeles, 1928

Bettina Graziani in a Jacques Fath cape and gown, a 1950 photo by Irving Penn for Vogue

‘Woman in blue dress decorating a Christmas tree’ (circa 1912) by Mela Koehler (Austrian, 1885–1960).

1939. “Night street scene in Butte, Montana.” By Arthur Rothstein.

times square looking north from times tower october 1905 by eralsoto,

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Burt Glinn Hong Kong, houses on hillside, 1961

Ocean Liner Row, 1930s. Top to bottom, Berengaria, Georgic, Normandie, Rex and the Europa.

Christmas Eve at the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine 1951

9th & Congress, Austin, Texas, 1949

An evening gown designed by John Cavanaugh, London, 1953

Charles James and a model wearing one of his designs, 1948